Rubber tip for french heels



Dec. 19, 1922.

E. B. HELWITZ. RUBBER TIP FOR FRENCH HEELS.

FIL ED AUG. 24, I 921.

Patented Deni 19., 1922..

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Bunsen TIP roarnnnorr HEELsQ Application filed n w 24, 1921. Serial No. 494,302.

certain new and useful Improvements in following is a specification;

p This invention relates to resilient tips or cushions for shoes and has partlcular Rubber Tips for French Heels, of which the reference to rubber tips designed especially for French heels, or heels slender shanks.

Among the objects of the 1n'vent1on s to provide a tight, sung fitting, and neat appearing tip adapted to be put on or removed from a slender shank French heel, and after being so put on will not materially CllStHI'b the fine graceful lines of theheel and yet will afford a most comfortable cushion for the heel, as well as prolonging the flat form of the bottom of the heel in practice.

A further object of the invention is to provide a detachable rubber tip for ladies shoe heels, in which the flange portion of the tip is provided with a fly or opening in order to enable the same to pass over the bottom of the heel and 'yet make a close or having relatively glove fitting closure around the slender portion of the shank well above said bottom.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a suitable means to fasten or close the divided flange portion of the rubher heel tip and] at the same time provide a strengthening or reinforcing means to take care of the mechanical fastening device when the deviceis being stretched and yet not interfere with the free stretch or elasticity of the main. portion of the flange where it is drawn around the slender shank. With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists in the arrangement and combination of the parts hereinafter described and claimed, and whilethe invention is not restricted to the exact details of construction disclosed or suggested herein, still for the purpose of illustrating a practical embodiment thereof reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which like reference characters designate the same parts in the several views and in which Figure l is a side elevation of one of my in'iproved tips shown in place on a French heel. :1 part of the tip being broken away.

. dicating the fly open.

' oi-"clasp portion of the device, on l Fig.2 is a front elevation of'the heel and tip applied thereto. I Fig. 3 is av'ew similar to Fig. 2 but in-' dis a horizontal section on the line l-i of Fig.1 I y 5 is a bottom plan view of the tip. F1g. 6 is a. horizontal sectionlof the 'fly of Fig. 2. 7

Referring construction ofthe heel.

now I more specifically T to the ClI'ELWlIIgS I show my deviceas adapted for a French heel 10 having a slender shank 11,

' The tip is preferably made of rubber and comprises bottom 12 of sufficient thickness to afford a substantial cushion. the form and sizeof which correspond to the shape and size of the individual shoeheel.

Any suitable design may be provided for the bottom surface of thetip, the designshown 1n lhg. 5 including a-group of triangular cups 13 and a roughened margin 14a The inner or upper surface however of the bottom 12 is formed with a group or series of suction cups 15 as shown in Fig. i which serve several important functions as follows: first, to reduce the bodyjof the rubber making the same more flexible as a cushion, and secondly, to increase the grip of the bottom of the tip against the bottom of the heel. by the formation of more or less of a vacuum in each cup when pressure is brought to bear thereon.

The flange portion 1 6 of the tip is formed so as to extend well up along the shank ll andis made thin ei'iough at the free, edge tonot only fit snugly around the shank so I but to increase the size thereof but little and so the graceful lines of the heel with the tip in place are not suiiiciently disturbed to destroy the beauty of the shoe. To enable the tip to be slipped over the bottom of the heel I provide an opening or fly 17 in the front or breast portion of the tip, the same being provided with whatmight be called a vertical slit directly'down the front portion of the flange from its edge or top. in order to manipulate this portion of the tip I provide a pair of clips 18 and 19, made of metal or the like and each of U- form in horizontal section and embracing [the front part of the inner surface of the bottom 12 as indicated at '28 .jThiis a strong v the rtical edge of the fly. The lower ends ofthel clipsare pivoted together at 20, and the upper ends thereof are provided With interlocking members such as ahead 21 and" key hole slot 22. Between the ends the clips may be prox' ided With additional locking means such as a hook 23 adapted to enter a slot or hole 2 L The edge portions of the clips have teeth 25 fastening into the flangeembraced'thereby. a I Toflstrengthen or" reinforce the fly portion ofthe flange linsert a stripof fabric 26 extending along both sides of the slit downward and thence alongfthe lower'por tion of the flange as indicated at 2'7. One portion also of the fabrlc extends across substantial reinforcement is provided with out affecting niaterially 'th'e free stretch or flexibility of the main portion of the flange. Hence after the tip, issnappedorslipped t into 'place overthe bottom of theheel and voccupies thel forni somewhat as shown in'.

Fig. 3,7105 manipulating the two clips as finger pleces and brlnglngtheln lnto interlocking or fastened 'position as shown in Figs. land 2 theflange 16 isfstretched and .made tofit snuglyland neatly'to. the heel. The clip portion of the device being adacent to the, breast of the heel is unconclosed.

spicuous andhardly noticeable. These tips may be put on ,or, taken off at will and so may be Worn only forspecial occasions if not desired for constant use v I 'claimz Y 1. The herein described tip v heels With slender shanks, the same conipr-ising a bottom, a flexible and elastic upwardly projecting flange having a relatively thin edge portion, the flange beingslittedfor French along the breast to enable the tip to be put on or taken off a heel having a relatively [provided Qwith a. fabric lining extending along the slitted portion ofthe -flange all the Way from the edge thereof to the bot tom and thence across a portion ofthe'tip bottom, and also including a strip or band of-fabric extending around the inner surface ,ofthe bottom of the flange remote from the slitted portion of the flange.

In testimony whereof I my signature. 

